Missiles & Bombs News

EADS, ULM, Germany: EADS Defence Electronics has successfully conducted first test flights with its missile warning system MILDS on a Royal Danish Airforce F-16 at RDAF airfield Aalborg. MILDS is an advanced, sensor system which detects and tracks the UV […]

AFP, Japan aims to start developing next year a missile defense system that it has been researching with the United States, the defense agency chief said. The defense agency will include in its budget for the next fiscal year some […]

AFP, Seoul: North Korea's boast that it has made nuclear weapons has caused global concern, but the jitters could turn to panic if Pyongyang masters the art of miniaturisation. Taepodong-1 missile shown in a North Korean TV broadcast in September […]

Defense Security Cooperation Agency, On 31 May 2005, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress of a possible Foreign Military Sale to Australia of up to 175 SM-2 Block IIIA Standard missiles as well as associated equipment and services. The […]

AFP, New York: The US Department of Homeland Security is paying for tests on defensive laser systems designed to thwart attacks from shoulder-fired missiles on passenger airliners, the New York Times reported Sunday. DHS has spent up to now 120 […]

AFP, Iran has tested a new missile using solid-fuel technology that matches the more than 2,000-kilometer range of its Shihab-3 rocket, Agence France Presse quoted the Islamic republic's defense minister as saying Tuesday. Rear Admiral Ali Shamkhani said the test, […]